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and -- economy, reform this economy. and what the people on this committee believe in. speaker gingrich said, take the debt ceiling off thedebt sealin. provide the american people with a modicum of security that they know we will not hold this hostage, too. we ought to be adults about it. as the former speaker said. take that off the table. that does not mean to desert the issue or back away from the issue of dealing with debt. there are still appropriate opportunities, whether through sequester, or a continuing resolution to do it. we owe it to the american people to make sure we take this uncertainty away from them. we saw what that uncertainty does in terms of impact in their pensions and their 401k's. we look at this congress and i think the congress looks to this body to return to regular order. i know we has the lead -- we have the leadership to do that. by returning to regular order, we can get at the difficult things. the issue is health care costs. that is true. mr. ryan has pointed out the issue is health care
and -- economy, reform this economy. and what the people on this committee believe in. speaker gingrich said, take the debt ceiling off thedebt sealin. provide the american people with a modicum of security that they know we will not hold this hostage, too. we ought to be adults about it. as the former speaker said. take that off the table. that does not mean to desert the issue or back away from the issue of dealing with debt. there are still appropriate opportunities, whether through...
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this is money in a bank for washington's world economy -- rural economy. as a parent and grandparent, i cannot accept the dangers of climate change for my family or yours. as a governor -- [applause]as a governor, i can't afford to look the other way and point fingers or deny these realities. i cannot allow our state to miss this moment which is our destiny to lead the world in clean energy. all of us in washington to do this, all of us will have to square up to both our responsibility and our opportunity on climate change. when we do, i would like all of us to remember what dr. martin luther king once said. the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. we embrace it. [applause]in seattle, in spokane and at boeing where we make the world's most fuel efficient jet. these jobs won't just fall into our laps. washington has what it takes to win, but the clean energy race is highly competitive. germany, china and california are not waiting and neither should
this is money in a bank for washington's world economy -- rural economy. as a parent and grandparent, i cannot accept the dangers of climate change for my family or yours. as a governor -- [applause]as a governor, i can't afford to look the other way and point fingers or deny these realities. i cannot allow our state to miss this moment which is our destiny to lead the world in clean energy. all of us in washington to do this, all of us will have to square up to both our responsibility and our...
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it ended up hurting our economy in other areas. so, the reality is the best way to get gas prices lower is to have a reliable source of energy, and that is what this sands provide the united states, billions of barrels of oil barely above our border. host: relating to the price of gas, bill writes in and ask whether the keystone xl pipeline -- would bring gas down to $2 a gallon? he says, is not, we want no part of it. guest: really? the answer is, it gives us the security. it will have a small impact at the pump. some say it will add more -- if you just think of basic economics, having a reliable source steady would actually lower it a few cents. but if you are looking at $1 decrease because of this, there is no silver bullet like that out there. but it does provide as the energy security that we do not have when we are so reliant on opec. host: stephen from laurel, maryland, on the democrats' line. caller: thank you for c-span. from my understanding on the previous discussion about the keystone xl, the last congressional session,
it ended up hurting our economy in other areas. so, the reality is the best way to get gas prices lower is to have a reliable source of energy, and that is what this sands provide the united states, billions of barrels of oil barely above our border. host: relating to the price of gas, bill writes in and ask whether the keystone xl pipeline -- would bring gas down to $2 a gallon? he says, is not, we want no part of it. guest: really? the answer is, it gives us the security. it will have a small...
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this isn't no way to address our fiscal challenges and no way to rule the economy. you lost a lot either in the koch brothers and the tea party group they fund has come out against using the debt ceiling as leverage rather than holding it hostage. and yet the republican congress is still in turmoil over whether this is the right thing to do. i was fascinated by mrs. the bill suspends the debt ceiling decision until may. miller's comments regarding the escrow and whether or not interest would be undertaken. i was looking at the 401k maneuver for $150 billion taken out of the 401k plan of congress and the federal employees. and the first thing that came to my mind is, if you are going to take $150 billion out and i don't have many money over there, but you don't get interest. it ain't but a nickel, but a penny and somehow or another that seems to be a problem here as well. but being out of sight doesn't mean being out of mind. and the republicans can't will away our national responsibilities just because it conflicts with the ideology of your more extreme members. i i
this isn't no way to address our fiscal challenges and no way to rule the economy. you lost a lot either in the koch brothers and the tea party group they fund has come out against using the debt ceiling as leverage rather than holding it hostage. and yet the republican congress is still in turmoil over whether this is the right thing to do. i was fascinated by mrs. the bill suspends the debt ceiling decision until may. miller's comments regarding the escrow and whether or not interest would be...
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jobs and the economy was at 54%. what our polling showed is the reason hispanics didn't vote for republicans was because of 47%. it was because they said republicans are the party of the rich, those that already have theirs and that ain't me yet. now let me give you something that should be very encouraging. there are 2.3 million hispanic small business owners in this country. that's roughly one in 10 house holds. hispanic community, we are an incredibly entrepreneurial community, but republicans have to learn to carry the message that the avenue for climbing the economic ladder has always been the ability to create a business, to go and work and provide for your family. the message of the left is a message of dependency. it's a message of control and, dependency is not bad primarily because of the public fisc. it's bad because of the impact it has on those who become trapped in a cycle of dependency. i challenge you to find any grandmother who says she wants her grandkids to be dependent on government going forward.
jobs and the economy was at 54%. what our polling showed is the reason hispanics didn't vote for republicans was because of 47%. it was because they said republicans are the party of the rich, those that already have theirs and that ain't me yet. now let me give you something that should be very encouraging. there are 2.3 million hispanic small business owners in this country. that's roughly one in 10 house holds. hispanic community, we are an incredibly entrepreneurial community, but...
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but those economies have their own problems. also a depressed housing market. guest: people are beginning to talk about more the degree to which stronger economic growth is going to help address a lot of the other problems that we are talking about. the best way to close the budget deficit, the best way to be able to have more choices in terms of how you allocate resources to different problems is by having more economic growth. when democrats point back to what happened in the 1990's when the deficit narrowed and disappeared and we briefly when a to surplus, that was largely because there was an economic boom. it turned out in retrospect that it was a boom built-in part on an unsustainable bubble, the first of a couple that we are still cleaning up, but it was an interesting case study in how economic growth and utterly changed politics. it can utterly change the way we look at the problems we have and our future remember. the social security lock box where we would put away money for future generations. the question of the eco
but those economies have their own problems. also a depressed housing market. guest: people are beginning to talk about more the degree to which stronger economic growth is going to help address a lot of the other problems that we are talking about. the best way to close the budget deficit, the best way to be able to have more choices in terms of how you allocate resources to different problems is by having more economic growth. when democrats point back to what happened in the 1990's when the...
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they labor in a tough economy. they save and invest in their families and businesses and family farms. why wouldn't we want let them keep more of what they earn? now, i know there are some who say we have to choose between letting the people of indiana keep more of their hard erpd dollars and meeting our state's priorities. but our budget clearly shows, we can do both. the budget i submitted last week is honestly balanced. it fund our priorities. it reduced ten percent the tax bill hoosiers currently pay and still maintains reserves well in excess of the resources we need for emergencies or unforeseen contingencies. so let's be honest with our fellow hoosiers we can afford to do this. but why cut taxes now? well first, at a time when federal taxes have just go on all working hoosiers, most small businesses and family farms and each our medical device industry, now more than ever, hoosiers can use some tax relaugh. second this reduction in taxes will unleash a half a bill dollars into the private voluntary economic
they labor in a tough economy. they save and invest in their families and businesses and family farms. why wouldn't we want let them keep more of what they earn? now, i know there are some who say we have to choose between letting the people of indiana keep more of their hard erpd dollars and meeting our state's priorities. but our budget clearly shows, we can do both. the budget i submitted last week is honestly balanced. it fund our priorities. it reduced ten percent the tax bill hoosiers...
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we need a growing economy. the best way to balance the budget is a growth rate of three percent-five percent, and the way to do that is tax reform, most people in indiana are not interested in congress bringing the bacon home, but people voting for the policies that will grow our economy and get us to better paying jobs. one of the things the caller points out and it is very important, for many workers the wage scale is going down. host: the last caller was from indianapolis. tell us about your district. guest: it is 19 counties. it stretches from winchester and muncie, then in the center part of the district it is in greenville, shelbyville, and then madison on the river. it is a district of manufacturing and agricultural communities, what i call courthouse towns -- and it is also where i grew up. i grew up in greensburg, indiana, played high school sports in many of those counties, and i have been raising my family in shelbyville, indiana, with our daughters and our young son. host: a comment of -- on twitter
we need a growing economy. the best way to balance the budget is a growth rate of three percent-five percent, and the way to do that is tax reform, most people in indiana are not interested in congress bringing the bacon home, but people voting for the policies that will grow our economy and get us to better paying jobs. one of the things the caller points out and it is very important, for many workers the wage scale is going down. host: the last caller was from indianapolis. tell us about your...
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helped balance the budget and gave us a period of time in the 1990's when that agreement plus a good economy gave us an actual surplus of funding. sense that there is at the white house a feeling, two things that i would like to disabuse the white house of. thfirst is tt the budget problem isn't a real problem. i can't believe that people at the white house think that. i mean, everybody knows it is. senator mcconnell gave a very good explanation of what was going -- what was going on there, but let me say it this way -- in 2025, according to the congressional budget office, every dollar of taxes we collect will go to pay for medicare, medicaid, social security and interest on the debt, and there is nothing left for national defense, national laboratories, pell grants for education, highways, every other thing, the investments that we need to make in research to grow this country, it all gs for medicare, medicare, social security and the debt. every single penny we collect, and that's only 12 years away. now, that's not me talking. that's the congressional budget office saying that. the medic
helped balance the budget and gave us a period of time in the 1990's when that agreement plus a good economy gave us an actual surplus of funding. sense that there is at the white house a feeling, two things that i would like to disabuse the white house of. thfirst is tt the budget problem isn't a real problem. i can't believe that people at the white house think that. i mean, everybody knows it is. senator mcconnell gave a very good explanation of what was going -- what was going on there, but...
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jobs and the economy was 54%. the reason hispanics did not vote for republicans was because of the 47%. he said republicans are the party of the rich, those that have theirs, and that is not me yet, but let me give you something that was encouraging. there are 2.3 million hispanic business owners, roughly one in three households, and we are an incredibly entrepreneurial community. republicans have to learn to carry the message that the avenue for climbing the economic ladder has always been the ability to create a business, to go and work and provide for your family. the message of the last is a message of -- left is a message of dependency. it is a message of control. dependency is bad because of the impact it has on those that are trapped in a cycle of dependency. i challenge you to find any grandmother who says she wants her grandkids to be dependent on government going forward. we are an optimistic people. you know, the same polling that we did in texas found 77% of hispanics believe there children or grandchi
jobs and the economy was 54%. the reason hispanics did not vote for republicans was because of the 47%. he said republicans are the party of the rich, those that have theirs, and that is not me yet, but let me give you something that was encouraging. there are 2.3 million hispanic business owners, roughly one in three households, and we are an incredibly entrepreneurial community. republicans have to learn to carry the message that the avenue for climbing the economic ladder has always been the...
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however than helping our economy? it's not helping. yet they say we have to be involved in certain type of conflicts to help boost our economy. why don't we pull back from all these different places where there is no action whatsoever? all we have is some kind of base. how is than helping our economy? host: shane simmons on facebook -- that from our facebook page. charlie is up next from new jersey on this subject of the role of the united states on a world stage. good morning. caller: good morning. i think that we are overly involved militarily all over the world. i think there is political pressure from groups like neocons and aipac. we are the second most traded country in the middle east. now we are going into africa, so maybe we could be the most hated country in africa. we spend billions and billions of dollars and 3000 people got killed in 9/11. 40,000 of our people getting even in iraq. there's too much outside pressure from other countries. our progress is a puppet of the israeli government's. we are controlled by the israeli
however than helping our economy? it's not helping. yet they say we have to be involved in certain type of conflicts to help boost our economy. why don't we pull back from all these different places where there is no action whatsoever? all we have is some kind of base. how is than helping our economy? host: shane simmons on facebook -- that from our facebook page. charlie is up next from new jersey on this subject of the role of the united states on a world stage. good morning. caller: good...
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how is the economy? caller: i watched the governor comments yesterday and scott walker had a great idea. he was talking about the working class people. host: and how did that make you respond? caller: about the working class. i am glad we are not all considered blue-collar. host: let us take a look at a palm beach post about florida's governor. it says he is taking a softer tone. it says -- -- women to get free contraception and seniors to get breaks on prescription drugs. scott continues to reiterate his philosophy for health care. wichita kansas, republican line. hi, bill. caller: thank you for having me on. one little short comment -- our economy seems to be doing rather well here. it seems like things are well. i have lived here all my life. i am really sick of all these gun shows that are going on. it just seems like it has gotten completely in the same. i can remember taking my kids 10 years ago -- we are hunters. we used to have one or two a year. in the last six months we have had five gun shows
how is the economy? caller: i watched the governor comments yesterday and scott walker had a great idea. he was talking about the working class people. host: and how did that make you respond? caller: about the working class. i am glad we are not all considered blue-collar. host: let us take a look at a palm beach post about florida's governor. it says he is taking a softer tone. it says -- -- women to get free contraception and seniors to get breaks on prescription drugs. scott continues to...
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whatever happens with the economy, he can take the credit or the blame. host: sarah from boise, idaho. caller: i wanted to say how wonderful the festivities were today. it just touched my heart. just seeing all the hope on the people's faces out there, all, my goodness. even talking about it now i am getting teary-eyed again. and the love, it was wonderful. so much coal. i just know that the next four years is going to be wonderful. yesterday was my birthday. i am 63. so every four years i get a president, and i'm very happy about that. host: well, sarah, happy birthday. felicia sonmez, thoughts? guest: politics often playset by press release and statements from one side or the other, that we only see electronically or delivered from floor speeches, but what is interesting about a day like today and the state of the need is that you get to see the reaction real time. the president's supporters were definitely thrilled about everything onstage today. was also interesting was the republican members of congress up there and out they were responding. i was un
whatever happens with the economy, he can take the credit or the blame. host: sarah from boise, idaho. caller: i wanted to say how wonderful the festivities were today. it just touched my heart. just seeing all the hope on the people's faces out there, all, my goodness. even talking about it now i am getting teary-eyed again. and the love, it was wonderful. so much coal. i just know that the next four years is going to be wonderful. yesterday was my birthday. i am 63. so every four years i get...
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that is the last thing we need in this type of economy. host: miguel, independent spirit -- independent. caller: do you think facebook had any effect on the election? host: what is your own answer to that question? caller: i'm asking you the question. host: ok, let's ask bradley shear. guest: literally, since 2004 when howard dean used the internet to start fund-raising, and in 2008 when president obama had people from facebook help him out. and then in this last election cycle, i think social media is another platform to be utilized. i think every bit helps. at the end of the day, you ought to go out there as a politician and shake hands, kissed babies, to stump speeches. just social media will not do it. utilizing a social media is just one of the ways to get to the voters. host: juliet is -- julien is from massapequa. a democrat. caller: i'm not on any of that stuff. i do not have to worry that something i may have posted or said, and i get worried and wake up in the middle of the night and go back to look up something that i posted wha
that is the last thing we need in this type of economy. host: miguel, independent spirit -- independent. caller: do you think facebook had any effect on the election? host: what is your own answer to that question? caller: i'm asking you the question. host: ok, let's ask bradley shear. guest: literally, since 2004 when howard dean used the internet to start fund-raising, and in 2008 when president obama had people from facebook help him out. and then in this last election cycle, i think social...
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together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce, schools and colleges to train our workers. together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play. together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society's ills can be cured through government alone. our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character. but we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. for the american people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than american soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or commun
together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce, schools and colleges to train our workers. together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play. together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we...
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we need a growing economy. the best way to balance the budget is a growth rate of three percent-five percent, and the way to do that is tax reform, most people in indiana are not interested in congress bringing the bacon home, but people voting for the policies that will grow our economy and get us to better paying jobs. one of the things the caller points out and it is very important, for many workers the wage scale is going down. host: the last caller was from indianapolis. tell us about your district. guest: it is 19 counties. it stretches from winchester and muncie, then in the center part of the district it is in greenville, shelbyville, and then madison on the river. it is a district of manufacturing and agricultural communities, what i call courthouse towns -- and it is also where i grew up. i grew up in greensburg, indiana, played high school sports in many of those counties, and i have been raising my family in shelbyville, indiana, with our daughters and our young son. host: a comment of -- on twitter
we need a growing economy. the best way to balance the budget is a growth rate of three percent-five percent, and the way to do that is tax reform, most people in indiana are not interested in congress bringing the bacon home, but people voting for the policies that will grow our economy and get us to better paying jobs. one of the things the caller points out and it is very important, for many workers the wage scale is going down. host: the last caller was from indianapolis. tell us about your...
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we cannot have a strong defense if we have a weak economy. i don't know why the far left of the democratic party wants to dress from a capitalistic society into a socialist society -- wants to turn us from a capitalistic society into a socialist society. we can solve a lot of our problems if we have a strong economy. host: in his testimony, senator kerry said that foreign policy is economic policy, and he also talked about the issue of energy and climate change. he was asked a number of times about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. yesterday, five hours of hearings with current secretary of state hillary clinton. here is what senator mccain asked to john kerry and his response. [video clip] >> i did not want to bring it up, but since it was brought up i will have to respond again. americans do care. they do ^ why four americans were murdered. they into care why the american people were misled. they were misled by the talking points that secretary rice told the american people, which were false. they were misled when the inf
we cannot have a strong defense if we have a weak economy. i don't know why the far left of the democratic party wants to dress from a capitalistic society into a socialist society -- wants to turn us from a capitalistic society into a socialist society. we can solve a lot of our problems if we have a strong economy. host: in his testimony, senator kerry said that foreign policy is economic policy, and he also talked about the issue of energy and climate change. he was asked a number of times...
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we have moved from a manufacturer to service, the context of an increasingly global economy. great numbers of people living in these poor communities, not just poor black communities but poor whites as well without the capital, the human capital, to really make adjustments to these changes, you know? it has the black population very hard. people who cannot adjust to this situation often go to the underground economy, and drug dealing, hustling, of and what is left, but a great number of people are in exchange things just to make a living, just to live. a lot of this is done without the benefit of civil law. there's a lot of back-and-forth, attention. the have abdicated their responsibility to these communities in many ways especially with respect to what enforcement. the civil law in many of these communities has eroded. civil law is weak. i for an eye, tooth for a tooth. most people in the community are decent people, but they're living under pressure in these communities. in order to survive, you have to have street credibility. it is very difficult to obtain, by doing thes
we have moved from a manufacturer to service, the context of an increasingly global economy. great numbers of people living in these poor communities, not just poor black communities but poor whites as well without the capital, the human capital, to really make adjustments to these changes, you know? it has the black population very hard. people who cannot adjust to this situation often go to the underground economy, and drug dealing, hustling, of and what is left, but a great number of people...
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we have to deal with our own economy and our fiscal situation. that is a given. that is the source of our strength and capacity. we also have to be smart about making the right investments in diplomacy and development to try to solve problems and prevent them. i have outlined what should be a no brainer. let us have the permission to take money we already have. at then let's look budget as we move forward. sequestration will very damaging to the state department and usaid if it does come to pass. are there programs we could reduce, make more efficient, yes, that's part of what i have been trying to do. but there are also a lot of incentive programs to security of our personnel in dangerous places that we cannot afford to cut more of. i hope we have a sensible discussion but it going for -- budget discussion going forward. >> madam secretary, thank you figure commitment to this country -- for your commitment to this country. i have seen the work yourself to exhaustion, not for your own benefit but for the benefit of the people of this country and we are grateful f
we have to deal with our own economy and our fiscal situation. that is a given. that is the source of our strength and capacity. we also have to be smart about making the right investments in diplomacy and development to try to solve problems and prevent them. i have outlined what should be a no brainer. let us have the permission to take money we already have. at then let's look budget as we move forward. sequestration will very damaging to the state department and usaid if it does come to...